{"product_id":"a-life-of-adventure-and-delight-9780393355895","title":"A Life of Adventure and Delight","description":"Hailed as a storyteller whose fiction is \"a glowing work of art\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e), Akhil Sharma is possessed of a narrative voice \"as hypnotic as those found in the pages of Dostoyevsky\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e). In \u003cem\u003eA Life of Adventure and Delight\u003c\/em\u003e, Sharma delivers eight masterful stories that focus on Indian protagonists at home and abroad and that plunge the reader into the unpredictable workings of the human heart. A young woman in an arranged marriage awakens one day surprised to find herself in love with her husband. A retired divorcé tries to become the perfect partner by reading women's magazines. A man's longstanding contempt for his cousin suddenly shifts inward when he witnesses his cousin caring for a sick woman. Tender and darkly comic, the protagonists in \u003cem\u003eA Life of Adventure and Delight\u003c\/em\u003e deceive themselves and engage in odd behaviors as they navigate how to be good, how to make meaningful relationships, and the strengths and pitfalls of self-interest. Elegantly written and emotionally immediate, the stories provide an intimate, honest assessment of human relationships between mothers and sons, sons and lovers, and husband and wives from a dazzlingly original, critically acclaimed writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharma, Akhil:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAkhil Sharma\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eFamily Life\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year and the winner of the International DUBLIN Literary\u003cbr\u003e Award and the Folio Prize. His writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eO. Henry Award Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. A native of Delhi, he lives in New York City and teaches English at Rutgers University-Newark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648837849362,"sku":"9780393355895","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41b73371-74ca-4ad4-a213-6283dd9f6781.jpg?v=1733250314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-life-of-adventure-and-delight-9780393355895","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}